McKinsey overview of the quantum technology field globally at the #NYC #Quantum Summit - $6.8B raised, 223 QC startups, 72 quantum communication, 23 quantum sensing - $34B government funding announced - 45K QT related publications in 2022 - China leads in QT patents

Nature - A quantum engine in the BEC–BCS crossover doi.org/10.1038/s41586…

“Can a gas behave like a crystal?…” Nature Reviews Physics - Supersolidity in ultracold dipolar gases doi.org/10.1038/s42254…

Long-running summer school paper “Introduction to Astronomy” is now in semester 2 starting 2024. ASTR 101 Introduction to Astronomy, covers the history and cutting edge of astronomy and astrophysics. buff.ly/3LWL8Ak

Otago Honorary Prof Crisping Gardiner will give a Department Seminar next week: History of the Master Equation buff.ly/46VN44D University of Otago QuantumScienceOtago Dodd-Walls Centre

Attn. AMO: Negative-energy states of atoms implicated in level shifts of atomic clocks by Marianna Safronova, et al. American Physical Society Univ. of Delaware Delaware Physics National Institute of Standards and Technology JILA QuantumScienceOtago physics.aps.org/articles/v16/s…

Professor Niels Kjærgaard awarded the Hector Medal for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of scientific understanding of fundamental particles, through experimental studies of atomic collisions and light-scattering using ultracold gases. buff.ly/47vRzTh

A new tool for measuring #entanglement in many-body systems has been developed and demonstrated in experiment by a team led by Peter Zoller. This method could contribute to a better understanding of #quantum matter nature ▶️ nature.com/articles/s4158… ▶️ iqoqi.at/en/current/new…

SpeedyWeather.jl our new interactive (bye Fortran!) atmospheric model written in #JuliaLang now has a decent hydrological cycle. Here humidity at 300hPa from a 100km, can someone spot the convective cells? github.com/SpeedyWeather/…

Awesome sea trials of optical clocks aboard HMNZS Aotearoa in the Pacific Ocean. BRAVO ZULU Vector Atomic ! nature.com/articles/s4158… BlackPhysicists Royal NZ Navy National Institute of Standards and Technology Office of Naval Research (ONR) DARPA U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory NAVAIR Optica QuantumScienceOtago

A coreographic simultaneous appearance of lightning and rainbow [📹 yoshiwa448]

New article online: Integrated optical vortex microcomb. go.nature.com/3UDZARn

We sometimes forget that research is also about jobs. Optics and Photonics, classical and quantum, industry and academia - there’s a spectrum of fascinating careers sprou.tt/1egUb2J3PUa

Have a look at the scientific program! Atomtronics continues through next week benasque.org/2024atomtronic…

My very own first Bose-Einstein condensate! Made on the premises of @CCBPP during Atomtronics 2024 benasque.org/2024atomtronic… during live tutorial with Dana Anderson of Infleqtion / JILA ⭐️ BlackPhysicists National Institute of Standards and Technology QuantumScienceOtago Morgan State University Optica Oxford Ultracold

Accessible overview of atomic approaches to quantum information processing optica-opn.org/home/articles/… JILA Infleqtion National Institute of Standards and Technology @CCBPP #atomtronics QuEra Computing Atom Computing Pasqal - Quantum Computing planqc Joint Quantum Institute QuICS QuantumScienceOtago IQOQI Innsbruck Oxford Ultracold Joint Quantum Centre, Durham–Newcastle

[cryptography] "happened *before* the Internet arrived on the scene [, enabling] e-commerce applications on the Internet . . . Modern cryptography is one great example of the incredible economic consequences of curiosity-driven, theoretical research" - Avi Wigderson QuICS

Stabilizing persistent currents in an atomtronic Josephson junction necklace of lithium-6 diatomic molecules BlackPhysicists Optica National Institute of Standards and Technology JILA @CCBPP Infleqtion nature.com/articles/s4146…

This week the world has experienced the three hottest days on record. Earth is becoming hotter and more dangerous for everyone, everywhere. We must rise to the challenge of rising temperatures. Here’s my call to #ClimateAction: un.org/climatechange/…

Kolgomorov turbulence in atomic BECs quantified by impurity injection analogous to particle image velocimetry in classical fluids BlackPhysicists Joint Quantum Institute National Institute of Standards and Technology QuantumScienceOtago JILA Joint Quantum Centre, Durham–Newcastle Oxford Ultracold arxiv.org/abs/2408.04715